Last week at a meeting of the Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault I learned that sometimes women who are being abused are afraid to call the police because landlords will evict them. What’s behind this is an ordinance that fines landlords if too many nuisance calls are being reported from an address.

Sometimes I’m asked by white women what they can do to support women of color besides writing a check. We recently got some great advice from women of color involved in our Reproductive Justice project.